The Buy-In

Love Stories in Sheet Cake Sweet Rom Com Series, Book 1

By: Emma St. Clair

Narrated by: Stephanie Rose, Rock Engle

"You can't Schitt's Creek a town, Tank."

"And you can't verb a noun, son."

When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn't intend to start a war with its residents...or to fall in love.

Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship. But when his father purchases the town of Sheet Cake, Pat suddenly sees his life with clear purpose: get his brothers on board with his dad's wild idea and win back the one woman who got away.

Lindy was supposed to be traveling the world, not stuck in a small town, caring for her niece. But she would do anything to keep custody of Jo, even if that looks like a marriage of convenience with the man who already broke her heart once.

Now, if she can only keep herself from falling back in love with her husband...

This is a small town, marriage of convenience romantic comedy with plenty of sizzle while keeping the bedroom door closed. It's the first in a spinoff series following Harper's brothers (from Falling for Your Best Friend). You don't need to have listened to the Love Clichés series first to enjoy this book.

©2022 Emma St. Clair (P)2023 Podium Audio

4.5 Fun story

I found myself looking for excuses to listen. I especially liked the football game. 😏

Wonderful story!

This story has wonderful characters, great humor and romance, and is a great description of small town life. Highly recommend!!

What is the best deal you’ve ever gotten for your investments?

Pat’s dad bought a town! Even better it is the town his ex girlfriend lived in. Tank said he bought the town for his family, is there a chance Pat and Lindy could be a family? What about Jojo? Who will she live with?

Cute

From the first southern accent to the end. Very cute. Delightful. Feel good. A lot of great characters.

All’s well that ends well??

I believe that I might have enjoyed the story more if there was a different female narrator. It seemed as if she was trying to channel Mae West. ADHD may be more desirable than I thought. After all, Pat was able to coach football, complete 1/3 of a long “to do” list, and remodel a two bedroom loft while shopping for all kinds of items and cooking. THERE WAS SOME education about Autism, ADHD, self-destructive behavior.

cute and squeaky clean

Amusing. Fit for very young readers. Female lead held on to her gudge way too long. I live in the area the book is set in. The narrators accents were terrible!

great story, incredible narration

loved this book and all the characters. the narrators really brought it to the next level

FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For a clean book, this book sure has a lot of passion. Which I like because although I don't like reading/listening to graphic sex scenes, why can't 'clean' books contain passion??

Good enough that I kept listening until the end

The cadence in reading from both people was a little annoying and hard to ignore. It was mostly a good story. Sweet ending. The way he kept pushing when she said no was a little triggering, but knowing that she liked it made it more tolerable.

Hilarious and sweet story with great voice actors

I loved The Buy-In as a book and possibly even more as an audiobook! The voice actors are absolutely perfect for Pat and Lindy’s characters.